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GCSE Psychology · key term
The division of the nervous system that regulates largely automatic bodily functions, including heart rate.
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The division of the peripheral nervous system that automatically regulates internal bodily functions, such as heart rate and digestion.
Revise: Nervous System Structure and FunctionThe PNS carries sensory information towards the CNS and instructions from the CNS to the body. Its two main divisions are the somatic nervous system and the autonomic nervous system.
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The part of the nervous system that regulates involuntary bodily functions, including heart rate and stress responses.
The autonomic nervous system (ANS) regulates involuntary bodily functions such as heart rate. The limbic system is a group of brain structures involved in emotion. In Eysenck’s explanation, people high in neuroticism have a highly reactive nervous system: stress quickly activates the ANS and limbic system, and their activity decreases slowly after the stress has gone.
